Words and Photo
by Andy Harris
Who The HELL IS
ONE HIT
WONDER
ONE HIT WONDER
WHO THE HELL IS ONE HIT WONDER?
TERMOLT
"FROM THE PHARMACY
GUTELIVE
GUTTERMOUTH
GUTTERMOUTH
RMOUTH
PLUS 4 NEW SONGS
GUTTERMOUTH
LIVE FROM THE PHARMACY
AFI
SILENT NIGHT
MY
ASS!!!
Vandals
hitler bad,
vandals good.
THE VANDALS
HITLER BAD, VANDALS GOOD
SLOPPY SECONDS
MORE TROUBLE THAN THEY'RE WORTH
SLOPPY SECONDS
MORE TROUBLE THAN THEY'RE WORTH
JUGHEAD'S REVENGE
T
yler, the young adult guitarist in the band
known as Berzerk, just found out that the
guy who had been squatting in his bed-
room for three whole months, the same guy who
kept claiming to have had sex with 30,000 girls,
is gay. Tyler found out the hard way, too. Ya see,
the guy sorta propositioned him-you know,
asked him to do it with him. Well, needless to
say, young Tyler no longer lives in that
house. He now lives with his par-
ents, the same parents
who thought up his
name by listen-
ing to way too
Berzerk
much Aerosmith. (They named him after that
band's
s singer, Steven Tyler.) Tyler is a skinny lit-
tle bastard who can drink the night away if he so
chooses. He plays a mean metal riff and a
crunchy hardcore crunch, but if you catch him at
home he just might play you some Hendrix licks.
at heart if you ask me. If you stuck a
Fuckin' hippie
bunch of pins in
model of that scary bugger from the Hellraiser flicks.
Over on the bass, Mandy is smiling as usual, looking
like she knows something that all the other Berzerkers
don't. And she probably does, too, seeing as she's in
college and all.
all. She's got an impressive toenail clip-
ping collection (I think she even has some of mine)
and she's nice as all hell.
in his face he'd look just like a mini-
Drummin' Chad is tall compared to the rest the
band (they're really all midgets except for him) and
as of right now he's the only non-original Berzerker.
He fits in quite well though, considering that the first
time I met him he was banging very rapidly on a
broken drumset at the
at the hungover hour of 8:00 AM
Sunday morning. That was six months ago, and I my
head still hurts when I think of it.
And then of course there's sweet Jo Ann, Berzerk's
singer. Yeah, she's pretty small and all, and if you
hang out with her you'll find she worries about silly
things like if her hair is too poofy or not; but oh
mother, she'll scare the shit out of you on stage.
Flailing around, smacking microphones against
shit until I they break in half, and knocking Tyler
down in the middle of a song are all part of Jo
Ann's contribution to Berzerk's live show. She's
kinda like the ringleader of this group of drunk
and youthful circus performers from Portland,
Oregon, and it's completely on account of how
sketchy she can be.
fans
When they play live, Berzerk sounds surprisingly tight if they
feel like it and frighteningly sloppy if they just don't give a shit.
Either way, seeing them play is a treat for the eyes, if not the
ears. The band's one tidbit of recorded material, which inci-
dentally was made over three years ago when they were still in
diapers, is called My First Seven Inch and is a
is a must for
all
of hardcore craziness. Now, with a West Coast tour in the bag
and the band headed back to Portland as I write this, all that's
left to do is
to do is skate Recess Todd's ramp and pester him con-
stantly as to when Berzerk's first 12" is gonna be in my
greedy little hands.
It's not that I'm tired of the songs on the
7" (actually, it's one of the only EPS I play these days), it's
just that I'm really tired of having to get up and flip the damn
record after two or three songs.
one
Due to absolute laziness, I have failed to mention that Berzerk
has a new addition to its ranks the form of a second guitarist.
All I know is that he's from Minnesota and he's the only 21 year
old in the band. No doubt Tyler is keeping him busy by send-
ing him to the liquor store on a constant basis.
A.F.I.
Shut your mouth.
and open your eyes
SHUT YOUR MOUTH & OPEN YOUR EYES
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